HIGH SCHOOL TRACK: Trenton boys, ND girls start track season strong

TOMS RIVER ó The Trenton boys and Notre Dame girls got the NJSIAA indoor track season off to a strong start for the Colonial Valley Conference with second-place finishes in the team competition as the NJSIAA Relays got underway at the Bennett Indoor Track Center.

The Trenton boys came back from a fall in the shuttle hurdles, which opened the Group IV Meet, and finished with 24 points. That placed them second, behind South Brunswickís 34 points for the team title.

NDís girls won their Non-Public A shuttle hurdles race in 34.09 seconds and scored 39 points to take second behind champion Pope John XXIII, which scored 72.

Trentonís Zayire Clemes fell over the first hurdle of the shuttle hurdles, limped off the track and did not return when the race was re-run and won by South Brunswick in 31.07 seconds.

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Clemes, the outdoor 400 meters champ, did return to win a 48.8 anchor split on the 4x800, where he teamed with Kevon Cribb, Xavier Bailey and Deyon Brooks to win in 3:27.33 over South Brunswickís 3:27.85.

The Tornadoes also got third in the high jump when Hakeem Horton cleared 6-2 and Bailey 5-8. In the 4x200, Trentonís Bailey, Cribb, Karam Matilang and Clemes ran 1:33.68 with Clemes anchoring in 22.0 to place second to Unionís 1:33.55.

In Non-Public A Girls, NDís Abby Prime, Vanessa Romulus, Sabrina Alexander and Amanda Gee won the shuttle hurdles in 34.09 with Pope John second at 34.26. Romulus high jumped 5-0 and Alexander 4-6 for second to Msgr. Donovanís 4-10.

Prime, Alexander, Romulus and Reager were second in the 4x400 in 4:15.83 to Pope Johnís 4:11.88, while Prime, Romulus, Alexander and Attaliah Goodman went 1:51.72 for fourth in the 4x200. Prime, Amanda Lee, Goodman and Reager went 4:23.28 for third in the sprint medley. Felicia Duch, Jenna Gibilisco, Elisa Tatum and Sarah Domino were sixth in the 4x800 (10:52.21) and the distance medley (13:54.89).

NDís boys were sixth with 15 points to CBAís winning 80 as Bryan Taylor, Damon Parzaile, Mark Hill and Konner Blackwell got third in 33.81 in the shuttle hurdles. The 4x800 ran 8:25.36 for fourth and the DMR 11:21.23 for sixth.

Lawrenceville sweeps

LAWRENCEVILLE ó With Lawrenceville athletes finishing first in all but three of the 26 events held at Lavino Fieldhouse on Saturday, the Big Red boys and girls teams swept past Cherokee and Pennington in an indoor tri-meet.

The Big Red girls got firsts from Caroline Doll in the 800 (2:31.02), Emily Partner in the 1,600 (5:35.30) and Kathryn Gulbrandson in the 55 hurdles (8.95), triple jump (30-11) and high jump (5-0). Kelly Kong won the 3,200 (12:31.64) and Liz Edokwe took the long jump (17-10).